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A young widow travels the competition circuit with her border collie in this novel by the author of nops trials, a great. Donald mccaig may 1, 1940 in butte, montana november 11, 2018 was an american novelist, poet, essayist and sheepdog trainer. Donald mccaigs most popular book is rhett butlers people. Complete summary of donald mccaigs the man who made the devil glad. A young widow travels the competition circuit with her border collie in this novel by the author of nops trials, a great writer james herriot. Nops trials is a memorable book and hands down the best novel with a border collie ever written. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Download the free e book, courtesy of project gutenburg. After her husband and daughter are killed in a car accident, penny burkeholder leaves her shenandoah valley home with her eighteenmonthold border collie, hope, the only friend she has left in the world. Donald mccaig is the awardwinning author of nop s trials. Read nops trials a novel by donald mccaig available from rakuten kobo. Eminent dogs, dangerous men ebook by donald mccaig. Donald mccaig was the award winning author of jacob s ladder, designated the best civil war novel ever written by the virginia quarterly people magazine raved think gone with the wind, think cold mountain it won the michael sharra award for civil war fiction and the library of virginia award for fiction donald mccaig wrote about rural american life, sheepdogs, and.
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His dog served as the inspiration for nops trials 1984, an acclaimed novel about a border collie. Mccaig takes us into the beautifully realized psyche of penny as she comes to terms with a deep tragedy. He, his wife, anne, and their border collies work a sheep farm in the mountains of western virginia. Here he offers an engaging account of his tenure there in an.
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